Cary Holladay

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Cary Holladay
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BornRichmond, Virginia
OccupationAuthor, teacher
NationalityAmerican
EducationCollege of William and Mary (BA), Pennsylvania State University (MA)
Years active1989–present
SpouseJohn Bensko
Website
www.caryholladay.net/index.htm

Cary Holladay is an American writer and professor, best known for her historical short fiction. In 1999, her story "Merry-Go-Sorry" about the West Memphis Three murder case was selected by Stephen King for an O. Henry Award.

Biography[]

Originally from Virginia, Holladay graduated from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. and then went on to earn an M.A. from Pennsylvania State University.[1]

She is the author of a novel, Mercury; a novella, A Fight in the Doctor's Office; and six collections of short fiction. She taught in the MFA program at the University of Memphis, with her husband, the poet John Bensko, and retired in 2020; her honors held there included a First Tennessee Professor Award.[2][3][4]

Her stories have appeared in over sixty literary journals and anthologies, including New Stories from the South and The Oxford American.[5]

Works[]

  • Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella, Swallow Press/Ohio UP, 2019
  • The Deer in the Mirror, Ohio State UP, 2013 (Winner of the 2012 Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction)
  • Horse People: Stories, Louisiana State UP, 2013
  • A Fight in the Doctor’s Office, Miami UP, 2008 (Winner of the 2007 Miami University Press Novella Contest)
  • The Quick-Change Artist: Stories, Swallow Press / Ohio UP, 2006
  • Mercury, a novel, Shaye Areheart Books / Random House, 2002
  • The Palace of Wasted Footsteps, U of Missouri Press, 1998
  • The People Down South, U of Illinois Press, 1989

References[]

  1. ^ Biography, Cary Holladay, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
  2. ^ Department of English: Cary Holladay, University of Memphis, 2013, archived from the original on November 9, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
  3. ^ A Fight in the Doctor's Office, Miami University Press, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
  4. ^ The Deer in the Mirror, Ohio State University Press, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013
  5. ^ Cary Holladay, Humanities Tennessee, 2013, archived from the original on November 9, 2013, retrieved November 9, 2013

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